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  1. A 60-year-old Japanese man was found to have diffuse pneumonia-like shadow in the left S10 segment on chest computed tomographic scan. Transbronchial lung biopsy yielded a pathological diagnosis of poorly differe...

    Authors: Yoshiki Kozu, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Yasuhisa Ohde and Takashi Nakajima
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:89
  2. Cannulation, cross clamping, or partial clamping of the aorta during a proximal anastomosis may cause embolic complications in patients with severely atherosclerotic (porcelain) aortas. These patients carry hi...

    Authors: Gokce Sirin, Kamil Sarkislali, Murat Konakci and Ergun Demirsoy
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:86
  3. Acute type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is a life-threatening vascular disease. Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are the main composition of aortic media and dysfunction of SMCs may lead to acute TAAD. The aim of this...

    Authors: Shuyang Lu, Xiaoning Sun, Tao Hong, Kai Song, Shouguo Yang and Chunsheng Wang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:83
  4. Conventional reoperative mitral valve surgery by median sternotomy has several difficulties. We performed mitral valve replacement (MVR) under ventricular fibrillation (VF) through right mini-thoracotomy with ...

    Authors: Arudo Hiraoka, Masahiko Kuinose, Toshinori Totsugawa, Genta Chikazawa and Hidenori Yoshitaka
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:81
  5. Implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) from the left pectoral region is the standard therapeutical method. Increasing numbers of system revisions due to lead dysfunction and infections w...

    Authors: Andreas Keyser, Michael K Hilker, Ekrem Ücer, Sigrid Wittmann, Christof Schmid and Claudius Diez
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:77
  6. Results of previous reports on ischemic postconditioning in animals and humans were very encouraging. Although ischemic postconditioning possessed a wide prospect of clinical application, debates on the precis...

    Authors: Rufang Zhang, Li Shen, Yewei Xie, Lin Gen, Xiaobing Li and Qiang Ji
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:76
  7. Coronary-artery-bypass-grafting (CABG) with conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) is associated with adverse effects such as systemic inflammatory response leading to a decrease in systemic vascular r...

    Authors: Thorsten Wittwer, Anton Sabashnikov, Parwis B Rahmanian, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Mohamed Zeriouh, Thorsten O Mehler and Thorsten Wahlers
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:75
  8. To test the hypothesis that the oral cavity is a potential source for implantable pacemaker and cardioverter defibrillators infections, the bacterial diversity on explanted rhythm heart management devices was ...

    Authors: Jörg Eberhard, Nico Stumpp, Fadi Ismail, Ulrike Schnaidt, Wieland Heuer, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Christian Kühn, Axel Haverich and Meike Stiesch
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:73
  9. Chylothorax is characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural cavity. The healing rate of non-operative treatment varies enormously; the maximum success rate in series is 70%. We investigate the efficac...

    Authors: Zsolt Sziklavari, Michael Allgäuer, Georg Hübner, Reiner Neu, Michael Ried, Christian Grosser, Tamas Szöke, Rudolf Schemm and Hans-Stefan Hofmann
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:72
  10. Since the advent of cardiopulmonary bypass, many efforts have been made to avoid the complications related with it. Any component of the pump participates in occurrence of these adverse events, one of which is...

    Authors: Hasan Alper Gurbuz, Ahmet Baris Durukan, Nevriye Salman, Murat Tavlasoglu, Elif Durukan, Halil İbrahim Ucar and Cem Yorgancioglu
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:71
  11. The prevalence of mitral regurgitation in cardiac diseases requires annuloplasty systems that can be implanted without excessive patient burden. This study was designed to examine the morphological and functio...

    Authors: Moritz A Konerding, Jarmo Simpanen, Leo Ihlberg, Juha Aittomäki, Kalervo Werkkala, Vera Delventhal and Maximilian Ackermann
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:70
  12. The prognosis of acute lung injury (ALI) after pneumonectomy is poor, with reported mortality rates of 30-100%. Neutrophil elastase inhibitor (NEI) is known to prevent lung injury caused by neutrophil elastase...

    Authors: Sang Kwon Lee, Bong Soo Son, Jung Joo Hwang, Kil Dong Kim and Do Hyung Kim
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:69
  13. Stentless aortic valve replacement (SAVR) became a common surgical procedure to treat aortic valve disease, as it offers larger orifice area and improved hemodynamics. The aim of our single-centre retrospectiv...

    Authors: Torsten Christ, Herko Grubitzsch, Benjamin Claus and Wolfgang Konertz
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:68
  14. Progressive cyanosis often develops following Kawashima operation in patients with left atrial isomerism, interrupted inferior vena cava and hepatic veins draining to the atria. Knowledge on the timing and ext...

    Authors: Signe Holm Larsen, Kristian Emmertsen, Jesper Bjerre and Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:67
  15. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In high-risk patients, doomed for reoperation the adverse effects of CBP may be mo...

    Authors: Engin Usta, Raoof Elkrinawi, Adrian Ursulescu, Ragi Nagib, Martin Mädge, Schahriar Salehi-Gilani and Ulrich FW Franke
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:66
  16. We have reviewed the medical histories of 4 patients who underwent operations between November 2004 and February 2011 at Changhai Hospital for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma.

    Authors: Mi Zhang, Xiaohong Liu, Zhigang Song, Liangjian Zou and Bo Xiang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:65
  17. The thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery may cause spinal cord ischemia because of aortic cross-clamping and may result in severe postoperative complications caused by spinal cord injury. Ische...

    Authors: Gokhan Lafci, Hikmet Selcuk Gedik, Kemal Korkmaz, Havva Erdem, Omer Faruk Cicek, Osman Arikan Nacar, Levent Yildirim, Ertugrul Kaya and Handan Ankarali
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:64
  18. We aimed to investigate the correlation of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and to determine a Tumor/ Lymph node (T/LN) SUVmax ratio predicting meta...

    Authors: Deniz Koksal, Funda Demirag, Hulya Bayiz, Ozlem Ozmen, Ebru Tatci, Bahadir Berktas, Koray Aydoğdu and Erdal Yekeler
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:63
  19. We report a case of 46-year-old male with simultaneous bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax. Severe reexpansion pulmonary edema developed after bilateral tube thoracoscomy, but he was recovered after 2 d...

    Authors: Jong Bum Kwon, Si Young Choi, Chi Kyung Kim and Chan Beom Park
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:62
  20. Coronary artery anomalies are found in 0.4% to 1.4% of patients who undergo coronary angiography. Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsava is the rarest, with a reported prevale...

    Authors: Dimitris Flessas, Ioannis Mamarelis, Vasilis Maniatis, George Souretis, Nikolaos Laschos, Christophoros Kotoulas and Kyriakos Lazaridis
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:61
  21. The Krebs-Henseleit buffer is the best perfusion solution for isolated mammalian hearts. We hypothesized that a Krebs-Henseleit buffer-based cardioplegic solution might provide better myocardial protection tha...

    Authors: Sarkis M Minasian, Michael M Galagudza, Yuri V Dmitriev, Dmitry I Kurapeev and Timur D Vlasov
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:60
  22. The impact of minimized extracorporeal circulation (MECC) for emergency revascularization remains controversial.

    Authors: Michael Ried, Assad Haneya, Philipp Kolat, Alois Philipp, Reinhard Kobuch, Michael Hilker, Christof Schmid and Claudius Diez
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:59
  23. We present a 62-year-old man with mitral regurgitation whose posterior annulus had severe calcification. Mitral valve replacement was performed by anchoring the cuff on a double-plicated posterior leaflet, and...

    Authors: Shinichi Taguchi, Tatsuru Niibori, Ichiro Hayashi, Hirofumi Kasahara and Ryohei Yozu
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:58
  24. Predictors of mortality of chest trauma vary globally. We aimed to define factors affecting mortality of hospitalized chest trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates.

    Authors: Essa M AlEassa, Mariam J Al-Marashda, Amgad Elsherif, Hani O Eid and Fikri M Abu-Zidan
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:57
  25. The development of a student exchange program was an essential part of the cooperation between the Medical Schools of the University of Goettingen (Germany) and the University of Thrace in Alexandroupolis (Gre...

    Authors: Theodor Tirilomis and Friedrich A Schoendube
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:56
  26. The goal of repair of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction with or without Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is to eliminate valvular and/or subvalvular obstruction. However, this operation has a high risk of l...

    Authors: Hasim Ustunsoy, Gokhan Gokaslan, Ozerdem Ozcaliskan, Cem Atik, Osman Baspinar, Yavuz Arslanoglu and Eren Oral Kalbisade
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:55
  27. Allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion has been proposed as a negative indicator of quality in cardiac surgery. Hospital length of stay (LOS) may be a surrogate of poor outcome in transfused patients.

    Authors: Filomena RBG Galas, Juliano P Almeida, Julia T Fukushima, Eduardo A Osawa, Rosana E Nakamura, Carolina MPDC Silva, Elisângela Pinto Marinho de Almeida, Jose Otavio Costa Auler Jr, Jean-Louis Vincent and Ludhmila A Hajjar
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:54
  28. Concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) and Leriche’s syndrome is clinical scenario which poses a challenge to cardiovascular surgeons. This report describes a case of arterial myocardial revascularization i...

    Authors: Dmitry Bobylev, Felix Fleissner, Ruoyu Zhang, Axel Haverich and Issam Ismail
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:53
  29. We retrospectively reviewed our series of 76 patients who underwent esophagectomy, with curative intent, for esophageal carcinoma over the last 10 years.

    Authors: Tiziano De Giacomo, Paolo Trentino, Federico Venuta, Socratis Tsagkaropoulos, Pasquale Bartolomeo Berloco, Daniele Diso and Federico Francioni
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:52
  30. Human error is a byproduct of the human activity and may results in random unintended events; they may have major consequences when it comes to delivery of medicine. Furthermore the causes of error in surgical...

    Authors: Haralabos Parissis, Lorraine Mc Grath-Soo, Bassel Al-Alao and Alan Soo
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:51
  31. Primary pleural squamous cell carcinoma is very rare, and there is a lack of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. An asymptomatic 75-year-old man was referred to us after a right pleura...

    Authors: Xiao-Ming Lin, Chuang Chi, Jun Chen, Yu Liu, Peng Li and Yi Yang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:50
  32. Vasopressin is widely used to treat various type of hypotension, but the effect of vasopressin on coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) patients is not clear. This study was to investigate the effect ...

    Authors: Hu Yimin, Liu Xiaoyu, Hu Yuping, Li Weiyan and Li Ning
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:49
  33. Hyperacute rejection is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication after cardiac transplantation. We describe an unusual case of hyperacute rejection due to preformed anti-donor antibodies despite a nega...

    Authors: David J Kaczorowski, Jashodeep Datta, Malek Kamoun, Daniel L Dries and Y Joseph Woo
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:48
  34. The introduction of fast-track treatment procedures following cardiac surgery has significantly shortened hospitalisation times in intensive care units (ICU). Readmission to intensive care units is generally c...

    Authors: Arndt H Kiessling, Patrick Huneke, Christian Reyher, Tobias Bingold, Andreas Zierer and Anton Moritz
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:47
  35. Lobectomy for second primary lung cancer in a patient with previous pneumonectomy is seldom done because most such patients either have inadequate pulmonary reserve or metastatic disease at other sites. This i...

    Authors: Yunpeng Liu, Peipeng Cui, Zhiguang Yang, Peng Zhang, Rui Guo and Guoguang Shao
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:46
  36. As high-risk cardiac patients frequently remain within hospital while waiting for surgery, the aim of the present study was to determine the role of preoperative length of hospital stay on mediastinitis, and a...

    Authors: Stephane Leung Wai Sang, Rakesh Chaturvedi, Ahsan Alam, Gordan Samoukovic, Benoit de Varennes and Kevin Lachapelle
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:45
  37. To review the experience of surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) and analyze the associated outcomes and prognostic factors.

    Authors: Philip YK Pang, Yoong Kong Sin, Chong Hee Lim, Teing Ee Tan, See Lim Lim, Victor TT Chao, Jang Wen Su and Yeow Leng Chua
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:44
  38. The objective of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating whether a remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) protocol provides renal protection to patients u...

    Authors: Lan Li, Guogang Li, Chaohui Yu and Youming Li
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:43
  39. There is controversy regarding the choice of prosthetic valves in patients with cardiac valve disease and dialysis-dependent patients. This review assesses a 12-year experience and outcomes after valve replace...

    Authors: Qiu Zhibing, Chen Xin, Xu Ming, Liu Lele, Jiang YingShuo and Wang LiMing
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:42
  40. Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor is a rare soft tissue tumor that is histologically benign, but may behave aggressively. This case report specifically describes the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features...

    Authors: Cheng Shen, Yubin Zhou and Guowei Che
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:41
  41. Intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery is a rare malignant tumor that may be misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism, even if various imaging techniques are used. We report a case of a 58-year-old m...

    Authors: Dong-Hyup Lee, Tae-Eun Jung, Jang-Hoon Lee, Dong-Gu Shin, Won-Jong Park and Jun-Hyuk Choi
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:40
  42. Two cases of asymptomatic double aortic arch with tetralogy of Fallot are reported. One presented with a non-dominant left arch and left-sided descending thoracic aorta and the other with a non-dominant left a...

    Authors: Zhi-qiang Li, Ai-jun Liu, Gang Li, Yang Liu, Yao-bin Zhu and Ying-long Liu
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:39
  43. As waiting lists for lung transplantation are ever increasing, the number of organ donors is not able to keep pace with it. Living donor lobar lung transplantation is a source of organs which could be lifesavi...

    Authors: Prashant N Mohite, Aron F Popov, Magdi H Yacoub and Andre R Simon
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8:37

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